Marincin played 12 games earlier in the season with the Oilers before he was sent down on November 30. The 22-year-old defenseman was a minus-one on Saturday in a 5-1 loss to Toronto. He has no fantasy value at this time. Feb 8 - 2:19 AM

The Edmonton Oilers have assuaged Martin Marincin to the AHL.

The 22-year-old was the Oilers' second round pick in 2010. He registered one assist in 12 games for Edmonton. Sun, Nov 30, 2014 12:59:00 PM

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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins now ranks third among active players in terms of games played with Edmonton.

The Jeff Petry trade allowed Nugent-Hopkins to move into that position. Nugent-Hopkins is 21 years old with 243 games under his belt, so the fact that he's now third on that list is a bit of a sad statement with Edmonton. Granted, the Oilers are rebuilding, so their emphasis on youth is understandable from that regard, but it's also true that they've been stuck in a rebuilding mode for far longer than was hoped and statistics like this are a reflection of that.

Derek Roy potted his fifth goal of the season in his hometown of Ottawa on Saturday night, but the Oilers fell in the capital 7-2.

Hopefully Roy's goal at least created a nice memory as his parents were in the stands. It was also memorable as Bobby Ryan, the only one back on Roy's two-on-one break, tripped over his own skates going backwards in front of Robin Lehner. With the tally, Roy now has 10 points this season.

Oilers GM Craig MacTavish argued that Leon Draisaitl's 37-game (not including scratches) stint in Edmonton this season wasn't a waste.

"The games he played here are going to be really valuable," said MacTavish. "He leaves here knowing what he has to do to be more impactful. And he's going to get a great experience there. I think this is going to be extremely important for his development. I don't view his 40 games here as time wasted at all. I think it’s time well spent for him." MacTavish might be right, but that doesn't address where the criticism of his handling of Draisaitl lies. The issue is that by using Draisaitl in 37 games, the Oilers burned the first season of his entry-level contract and that might come back to bite them later. Had they limited him to nine games before returning him to the WHL then they would have delayed his first taste of restricted free agency.

Boyd Gordon scored the lone goal for the Oilers in a 2-1 loss to the Wild on Tuesday.

It was Gordon's sixth of the year and second point in three games. He isn't a fantasy option in any format but was the only source of offense for the Oiler who had their chances in this game but got foiled by former teammate Devan Dubnyk. Just another night at the office for the Oilers this season.

At this point, any setback could end Hall's season, especially seeing as Edmonton has nothing left to play for in 2014-15. He has 11 goals and 30 points in 42 contests in 2014-15. That's certainly a big step down from his 80-point campaign in 2013-14, but we wouldn't get too discouraged. He's a great bounce back candidate for 2014-15. In the meantime, this is an opportunity for Teddy Purcell to play on the top line.

Rob Klinkhammer picked up six more hits in Friday's 4-0 loss to Minnesota.

Through 18 games with the Oilers the young ruffian now has an astounding 83 hits, 13 more hits than he had in 29 combined games with the Penguins and Coyotes. On the season Klinkhammer has collected 163 hits, good for 17th in the NHL, over 47 games with eight points and 17 PIMs.

Updating a previous item, Ryan Hamilton signed a two-year/two-way contract with the Edmonton Oilers on Friday.

Hamilton has played the last five games for the Oilers and scored his first NHL goal on February 10. He had 15 goals and 29 points for Oklahoma City before his recall. "I was very excited to sign," Hamilton said. "I was real thrilled to be able to do that and get it done, I’m excited to be part of the organization."

Jordan Eberle had two assists in a 2-1 victory against Minnesota Tuesday night.

Eberle has had three multi-point games in his last six contests. He has 15 goals and 43 points in 61 contests in 2014-15. He's been superb since the start of 2015 with 22 points in 24 games and he should keep this up for the remainder of the campaign.

Yakupov was a minus-one Saturday as the Oilers dropped a 2-1 decision to the Blues. He missed one game with injury. Yakupov has been hot of late with four goals and eight points in his previous eight games as the 21-year-old is showing signs of why he was selected first overall in 2012.

Matt Fraser and Keith Aulie will be scratched on Saturday night against the St. Louis Blues.

There isn't much fantasy value here, unfortunately. Fraser has just a trio of goals with 44 hits through 24 goals this season. While Aulie, whose played just five times in the new year, has no points, 37 hits, and 53 PIMs this season.

Tyler Pitlick (lacerated spleen) took part in some of Monday's practice.

Pitlick hasn't been cleared for contact. There's no guarantee that he'll return before the end of the 2014-15 campaign, but he remains optimistic. "Everything is feeling good, I haven't been in any pain in a while, so that part is going good," said Pitlick. "And I'm getting on the ice. I just have to wait for my next scan and make sure everything is healed up and then I'll be able to take contact."

Justin Schultz potted a goal for the Oilers in their 2-1 loss to St. Louis on Saturday night.

There is still an outside chance Schultz reaches his career high of 33 points set last season, but with five goals, it’s unlikely he will get to 11. The goal was his first point in five games, and his goal was his first since Feb. 2. He has 23 points this season. Jordan Eberle and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins registered the helpers.

It will be interesting to see if the Edmonton Oilers move Andrew Ference before the trade deadline.

Ference, 35, is signed through 2017-18, so there's certainly no urgency for the Oilers to trade him. At the same time, there's been questions about his effectiveness as the team captain and if the Oilers are looking to shake things up without moving any of their core players, trading Ference might accomplish that. He also has plenty of playoff experience, which makes him desirable for contending teams.

The defenseman has been a minus-seven over the last five games and is now a minus-13 on a poor Edmonton squad. Klefbom is a good defenseman and is probably the Oilers best and if not, he will be in the next couple of seasons. He has two goals and 11 points in 38 games with eight points coming in the the 10 games preceding Valentine's Day.

Ben Scrivens set aside 25 shots in the Oilers’ 2-1 loss to the Blues on Saturday night.

Scrivens has actually been pretty good over his past five games, though he has just two wins to show for three plus-.926 save percentage efforts. He has a 2.92 goals-against and .898 save percentage this season.

The Edmonton Oilers have placed Viktor Fasth (knee) on the injured reserve list.

Fasth was hurt during Monday's contest, but the Oilers didn't practice on Tuesday or provide an update on his status. However, the team's website now lists him as being on the reserve, so it looks like he won't be available for Edmonton's next three games. They also activated Ben Scrivens.

Richard Bachman replaced Viktor Fasth just 20:41 into Saturday's tilt with Ottawa, he fared no better by allowing four goals on 27 shots.

It was another terrible game for Edmonton as they fell 7-2 in the nation's capital. It was his first NHL action since Nov. 2nd, 2013 against Detroit. Unless you're in a reverse league, Bachman's career 14-12-2 record with 87 goals against in 36 games won't help you much.